15 Dec 2003 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News

15 Dec 2003 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security
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International Red Cross says Saddam considered a POW, wants right to
visit him
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...204EST0580.DTL

VA Surveys Gulf War Veterans
http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/opalist_listserv.cfm

Saddam will be accorded POW protections, Rumsfeld says
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...900EST0503.DTL

Clearing a path through 'Fog of War', By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff,
12/15/2003
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/liv...gh_fog_of_war/

Kennedy rallies crowd for Kerry
http://www.cmonitor.com/stories/news...403_2003.shtml

USS Gary commander removed
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=19278

U.S. civil affairs soldiers partner with Philippine military to bring
medical care to troubled town
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...&article=19283

Ocala-based 351st Military Police Company
http://www.starbanner.com/apps/pbcs..../1001/BUSINESS

Locals want troops to come home early, By Jennifer Kowalewski
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/...ews/39117.html

Enola Gay display angers victims
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3315729.stm

Former astronaut Readdy to keynote
http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/teste...s/26624-1.html

V-22 Osprey reaches 1, 000-hour milestone
http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/teste...s/26618-1.html

U.S. military doesn't expect attacks against forces to quiet down
anytime soon, By Rajiv
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Dec/12152...n_w/120120.asp

Hub of military aviation
http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0, 1641,
CCCT_811_2506186, 00.html

Military presence is putting strain on school kids, learning
http://news.bostonherald.com/interna...?articleid=229

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http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vanc...1-FB16459BA131
PM congratulates coalition of the willing

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...TIN15/TPFront/
More Times Colonist

http://www.canada.com/owensound/stor...6-af6b8af6e96d
Canadian warship returns from Gulf

http://www.canada.com/vancouver/stor...8-66D8BFDEBE9E
More

http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/operati...llo/bios_e.htm
Apollo The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...15/TPNational/
Israeli military charges Akkal

http://www.reuters.com/newsPhotoPres...D=1 000870639
Photo Maclean's

http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/ca...22_71911_71911
The Troops Go To Town

http://205.150.121.181/flashgallery/...ery=sherbrooke
Photos The Whig-Standard

http://www.thewhig.com/webapp/sitepa...ame=Local+News
Truck driver, airman pull woman from burning car PMO Press

http://www.news.gc.ca/cfmx/CCP/view/...ticleid=74169&
Changes in the Senior Ranks of the Public Service Canadian Commentary
Editorial -- The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...M15/TPComment/
Iraq without Saddam Paul Knox -- The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...X15/TPComment/
The game's not over

http://emea.idc.com/en_US/st/emea_sp_luttwak.jhtml
Edward N. Luttwak -- The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...T15/TPComment/
Iraq's poison will abate Roy MacGregor -- The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...R15/TPComment/
Bush demonstrated restraint Margaret Wente -- The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...E15/TPComment/
The humiliation was complete Editorial -- The Toronto Star

http://torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...l=968350116795
Saddam's capture brings Iraqis hope Richard Gwyn -- The Toronto Star

http://torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...l=968350116795
New beginning for Iraq with Saddam's capture Scott Taylor -- The
Herald

http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003...on138.raw.html
Trudeau, Taylor drunk soldiers and spies Peter Worthington -- The
Toronto Sun

http://www.canoe.com/Columnists/worthington_dec15.html
Independence Day for Iraqis arrives Bob MacDonald -- The Toronto Sun

http://www.canoe.com/Columnists/macdonald.html
Coalition was unwilling to give up Sumitra Rajagopalan -- The Toronto
Star

http://torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...l=968350116795
Let's indulge in flights of fancy

http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/media...s_releases.asp
CSA Danylo Hawaleshka -- Maclean's

http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/ca...22_71913_71913
Having a Blast with the 48th

http://205.150.121.181/flashgallery/...llery=reserves
Photos

http://www.48highlanders.com/
48th

http://www.48highlanders.com/pages/Maj%20Ian%20Sargeant%20(2Lt_%20E%20Stewart)_JPG.ht m
Sargeant Bill Taylor -- The Toronto Star

http://torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...d=968332188774
Stitching the Maple Leaf

http://www.stfx.ca/people/lstanley/stanley/
Stanley International Commentary Paul McGeough -- The Sydney Morning
Herald

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/...336893447.html
The shame - the desert lion was a kitten Editorial -- The Washington
Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
End of the Beginning David Ignatius -- The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
A Step Toward Mission Accomplished Jim Hoagland -- The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
Saddam Exposed Editorial -- The Washington Times

http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/200...2028-7394r.htm
The capture Editorial -- The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1215/p10s03-comv.htm
Justice for Iraqis: Out of a Hole Malcolm Rifkind -- The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/st...107175,00.html
A happy ending? Only the Iraqis can decide Leader -- The Daily
Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinio.../15/dl1501.xml
A giant step forward Leader -- The Scotsman

http://www.news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1373852003
Arrest is first real step on Iraq's road to democracy

http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m.../article.jhtml
John Keegan -- The Daily Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinio...ixopinion.html
The next challenge: A much deserved execution Alec Russell -- The
Daily Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinio.../15/do1592.xml
A breakthrough for the US

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
More Toby Harnden -- The Daily Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinio.../15/do1593.xml
At last, Iraqis can begin to learn what freedom means George F. Will
-- The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
Lessons From Nuremberg Sami Ramadan -- The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/st...107178,00.html
Resistance to occupation will grow Arnaud de Borchgrave -- The
Washington Times

http://washingtontimes.com/commentar...2034-6769r.htm
Failure is an option

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main...ftdeedes29.xml
W F Deedes -- The Daily Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinio.../15/do1504.xml
The BBC must recognise the upside of Dunkirk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/...rk/default.stm
More

http://www.marksteyn.com/index2.cfm?edit_id=32
Mark Steyn -- The Washington Times

http://washingtontimes.com/commentar...2040-9924r.htm
Plain enough? Marianne M. Jennings -- Deseret Morning News

http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0...036818,00.html
Lynch saga is sordid and shameful International News The Associated
Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec15.html
Officials Lay Out Plan to Question Saddam The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...International/
'The tyrant is a prisoner'

http://www.canada.com/national/natio...1-4899472fcb99
More

http://www.reuters.com/newsPhotoPres...D=1 000868858
Photo The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...International/
A gun, some cash, a crude dirt cellar The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...International/
Saddam's life a history of brutality The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
Complex Tasks Remaining on Several Fronts The Christian Science
Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1215/p01s02-woiq.html
'Got him.'

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m.../15/wsad15.xml
More

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/g...sad15bbig.jpeg
Graphic The Associated Press

http://wwwwashingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...2003Dec15.html
Saddam's Farmhouse Hideaway Very Messy National Post

http://www.canada.com/owensound/stor...e-29318f4ba90b
Capture puts lie to 'quagmire' tag The Scotsman

http://www.news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1374632003
'We got Elvis and he's going back to Vegas' Reuters News

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackage...3&section=news
U.S. troops 'couldn't believe their luck'

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackage...6&section=news
More The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...International/
But where on earth could bin Laden be hiding?

http://www.canada.com/owensound/stor...1-12c0a3fc0761
More

http://www.reuters.com/newsPhotoPres...D=1 000870051
Photo Reuters News

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackage...3&section=news
Bin Laden tougher to find than Saddam The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
For 14 Long Hours, Keeping the Secret The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...International/
Saddam to be treated as a prisoner of war The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
Shift in Focus Yields Vital Clue The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
For General, Hunch Proved Right

http://www.hood.army.mil/4id/news/content/cg.asp
Odierno The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1215/p01s01-woiq.html
Anatomy of Saddam's capture

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3317881.stm
More The Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...15/wsad115.xml
Saddam pulled, groggy and dishevelled from his rat hole

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/...ry/3318041.stm
Photos The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1215/p01s03-woiq.html
How much will it matter? Agence France-Presse

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...336862521.html
Saddam 'uncooperative' Agence France-Presse

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/20...336852567.html
Caught in a hole without a whimper The Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...15/wsad215.xml
Cheers and tears as we witness a historic moment The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp...&notFound=true
Amid the Cheering, Questions Continue The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
A Relentless Pursuit of Power The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
No Gloating as Bush Lauds 'Hopeful Day' The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
Allies, Critics Praise Capture The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec15.html
Red Cross Hopes to Visit Saddam

http://www.icrc.org/eng
ICRC National Post

http://www.canada.com/owensound/stor...b-79de7be87da7
Another dictator falls without firing a shot BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3319389.stm
Iraqi leaders demand Saddam trial

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
More The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
A Select Few Confront Their Tormentor BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3317491.stm
Blair: Iraq to decide Saddam fate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3318531.stm
More The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1215/p12s01-woiq.html
Saddam: from pedestal to tribunal The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
Possible Trial on Charges of War Crimes, Genocide

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...International/
The case The Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1215/p09s01-woiq.html
Around the globe, elation - and tension - over capture

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/...ry/3318237.stm
Photos The Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...15/wsad315.xml
Secret teams were constantly on the trail of 'Number One' The
Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...15/wsad415.xml
US holds the ace but 13 are still wild The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/15/po...&partner=ASAHI
Spy Agencies Vindicated After String of Setbacks Reuters News

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackage...1&section=news
Colin Powell undergoes cancer surgery BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3315729.stm
Enola Gay display angers victims

http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/pressr...ses/081803.htm
More

http://www.nasm.si.edu/museum/udvarh...ts_move_eg.cfm
More The Virginian-Pilot

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories...3578&ran=71623
Exercises test Florida coast as Vieques replacement BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3307743.stm
Flights of fancy? Tester

http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/teste...s/26617-1.html
Pax River volunteers help Wright centennial Tester

http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/teste...s/26624-1.html
USN Test Pilot School graduates 35

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mccool.html
McCool

http://www.usntps.navy.mil/about.htm
USNTPS Tester

http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/teste...s/26618-1.html
Osprey reaches 1,000-hour milestone

http://pma275.navair.navy.mil/index....n=news.&page=3
V-22 BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/3318183.stm
Court martial over damaged sub

http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2298937
More

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/5445.html
HMS Trafalgar BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3314445.stm
Germany defends al-Qaeda trial BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3319387.stm
Milosevic to face NATO adversary

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...0///?hub=World
More BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3311967.stm
Albanian soldiers in rape scandal

http://www.mod.gov.al/eng/forcat/shsh.asp
Qazimi Reuters News

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackage...0&section=news
Chechen rebels take hostages in Russia BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3317125.stm
Draw in Turkish Cypriot elections

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
More

http://www.news.scotsman.com/interna...?id=1375152003
More BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3316339.stm
Disarmament begins in Ivory Coast Reuters News

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec15.html
Turkish Bomb Suspect Reveals Qaeda Links The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
Suicide Bomber Kills 17 Iraqis, Wounds 33 The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec15.html
Suicide Bombers Kill 8 Policemen in Iraq The Associated Press

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec15.html
U.S. Army Nabs Other Regime Figures The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
Belief That Insurgency Will Fade May Be Misplaced The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/15/in...partner=GOOGLE
Insurgency Continues The Sydney Morning Herald

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/...336893927.html
Let's negotiate, Saddam says

http://www.smh.com.au/media/2003/12/...336904227.html
Graphic The Sydney Morning Herald

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/...?from=storyrhs
Spider holes a catchy place to be caught

http://virtualdoug.typepad.com/photo...piderhole.html
More The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec14.html
Despair Overtakes a Town Loyal to Saddam The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/15/po...&partner=ASAHI
For U.S. Foes, a Major Blow, but No Guarantee of Defeat BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3319121.stm
US army trucks attacked in Kuwait Reuters News

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Dec15.html
Iran Wants Saddam Tried in International Court The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...International/
Afghan council split on new constitution The Washington Times

http://washingtontimes.com/world/200...2037-3253r.htm
Musharraf barely escapes assassination Reuters News

http://www.reuters.com/locales/newsA...ryID= 3993536
Musharraf murder bid shows flaw in war on terror The Sydney Morning
Herald

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/...336889624.html
Army may be outgunned, despite extra funds !-- Obituaries --
Obituaries The Telegraph

http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m.../15/db1501.xml
Lieutenant-General Sir John Watts has died aged 73 The Scotsman

http://www.news.scotsman.com/obituar...?id=1373862003
Geidar Aliev has died aged 80

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../ny19012121953
Photo The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...irthsanddeaths
Michael Birks Sutherland has died aged 76

http://www.glcclub.com/lifeline/03may/toronto.htm
GLCC !-- /Obituaries -- History Sympatico

http://www1.sympatico.ca/news/otd/otd.98.12.15.html
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